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2011 Living Legend - Dr. Meridean Maas
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The American Academy of Nursing recognizes the most stellar Fellows who epitomize nursing's proud history and serve as role models for all each year. Nurse leaders are honored as Living Legends for their multiple contributions to our profession and our society. The Award recognizes the continuing impact of these contributions on the provision of health care services in the United States and throughout the world. Dr. Meridean Maas is one of five 2011 Living Legends.
Dr. Meridean Maas is best known for her contributions to the development and implementation of professional nurse governance in employing organizations; the development and use of standardized nomenclatures describing nursing diagnoses, nursing interventions, and nursing sensitive patient outcomes; and the nursing care of older persons, especially those with dementia. As a clinician, administrator, educator, scientist, and entrepreneur, she has consistently labored to enable nurses to practice accountably to the full scope of their knowledge. Following 25 years of practice in acute and long-term care, Dr. Maas joined the faculty at the University of Iowa College of Nursing for another 25 years and as Professor of Nursing Emerita remains active with the John A. Hartford Center for Geriatric Nursing Excellence and the Center for Nursing Classification and Clinical Effectiveness.
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Since the initiation of the award in 1994, the Academy has honored 82 Living Legends to commemorate distinguished careers that have impacted health care through notable contributions to nursing practice, research, and education. Each year, the Academy Board of Directors solicits nominations for Living Legends, vets the qualifications of each candidate, and selects a class of Living Legends. To be eligible, a Living Legend must have been a Fellow for at least 15 years and have demonstrated sustained influence and contributions of great distinction to nursing, health care, or the health care community.
The recognition ceremony was on October 13, 2011 at the Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, during the American Academy of Nursing annual conference.
Lifetime Achievement Award
Dr. Maas also received the National Gerontological Nursing Association’s Lifetime Achievement Award on October 15, 2011 in Louiville, Kentucky during the organization’s annual conference. The Award recognizes career-long nursing advocacy for quality of care and life of older persons. Dr. Maas’ advocacy through nursing science, education, and practice was noted.
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Dr. Buckwalter recieves Award
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Dr. Kathleen Buckwalter was one of three persons who received the Gerontological Advanced Practice Nurses Association Pioneering Contributions to Geropsychiatric Nursing Award. This award for outstanding leadership was awarded to the John A. Hartford Gero-psychiatric Nursing Initiative, led by Drs. Cornelia Beck (Arkansas HCGNE), Kathleen Buckwalter (Iowa HCGN), and Lois Evans (Penn HCGNE). The award recognized the demonstrated commitment to geriatrics; through direct care, education, and research. The award also acknowledges demonstration of the tenacity to advocate, through a variety of means, for geriatric psychiatric education and care that goes well beyond the traditional service role of their profession. The award highlights their leadership as an important element of the mission of nursing professionals.
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 Kathleen Buckwalter, PhD, RN,FAAN
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22nd Annual Long-Term Care Conference & Leadership Workshop Conference Highlights
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On October 27-28, The University of Iowa College of Nursing and the John A. Hartford Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence presented the 22nd Annual Long-Term Care Conference and Leadership Workshop. The event targeted healthcare professionals in long-term care, assisted living, and adult day health environments who wish to encourage more positive and creative approaches to caring for older adults. Both programs focused on the implementation of evidence-based practices (EBPs) in interdisciplinary environments.
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The Leadership Workshop explored team building, medication monitoring and safety, promoting seamless transitions between long-term care settings, time management, and sleep problems in long-term care environments. The Long-Term Care Conference focused on key topics facing healthcare professionals in long-term care and included difficult conversations with family members, exercise for older adults, culture change to enrich the lives of older adults, management of delirium, and techniques to cope with stress in the workplace.
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Conference faculty included nationally recognized speakers, representing Nursing, Social Work, Hospice, Pharmacology, Medicine, and Recreation Therapy. Jennie Chin Hansen, CEO of the American Geriatrics Society and immediate past President of AARP, provided the keynote address. Her address “Our Work, Not Job: Leadership and Commitment to Elder Health and Well-being“ provided insight into the current financial state and why there is urgent need to fix healthcare. Dr. Chin Hansen discussed the drivers of health care costs in the United States, detailed the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, and outlined the four important problem areas facing healthcare today - staffing shortage, quality access, the uninsured, and healthcare costs. While the public hears more about the expansion of insurance coverage, the part that will affect provides most is payment reform and testing new delivery systems. Amy Voegelsmeier, a John A. Hartford Claire M. Fagin Fellow and Assistant Professor at the Sinclair School of Nursing at the University of Missouri-Columbia, represented the John A. Hartford Foundation. Her presentation, “Medication Safety: Everyone’s Goal” described current challenges to safe medication practices in long-term care, and explored strategies to improve medication safety for long-term care residents.
Several University of Iowa (UI) College of Nursing HCGNE Young Gerontological Nurse Clinicians displayed their projects during the conference. Megan McLaughlin’s poster presented “Fall Prevention and Awareness – A Look at the Most Common Causes of Falls and Ways to Prevent Them in Long-Term Care”. Her poster focused on the prevalence and impact of falls, intrinsic and extrinsic risk factors for falls, and fall prevention in nursing homes. Megan’s faculty advisor is Dr. Paula Mobily, Associate Professor, College of Nursing. Claire Hubbard’s poster presented, “Continence Promotion with Older Adults in Assisted Living”. The purpose of her study was to test an intervention promoting urinary continence for residents in Assisted Living Facilities. Her Faculty Advisor is Dr. Janet Specht, Professor and Director of the John A. Hartford Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence at the UI College of Nursing.
Sponsors for the event included the Iowa Geriatric Education Center, Iowa City Hospice, The John A. Hartford Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence, J&M Associates HomeSafe, Aging Studies Program and the School of Social Work. Special recognition was given to the Iowa Geriatric Education Center for their Platinum financial sponsorship of all conference faculty and the Hartford Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence for their financial support for Young Gerontological Nurse Clinicians (YGNC) and undergraduate nursing students to attend the Long-Term Care Conference.
Mark your calendars and plan to attend the 23rd Annual Long-Term Care Conference on November 1-2, 2012 at the Holiday Inn Hotel and Convention Center in Coralville, Iowa.
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Dr. Herr at Mayo/Charter House
 Keela Herr,
PhD, RN, FAAN, AGSF |
Dr. Keela Herr, PhD, RN, AGSF, FAAN gave the 2nd Mary Faucett Lectures at Mayo Clinic and Charter House. The Mary Faucett Lecture Series was established as a gift to the employees and professional staff of Charter House, Mayo Clinic, and its affiliated hospitals, and to the residents of Charter House. The lecture series is consonant with Mary’s views about lifelong education, in this case, about advances in pain management in older persons.
Dr. Herr provided Nursing Grand Rounds to 164 attendees at the Mayo Clinic on Tuesday, September 20, 2011 with the topic "Persistent Pain Management in Older Adults: Promoting Best Practices”. She also met with residents at Charter House in a presentation and discussion on the topic of "Pain and Aging: Issues and Strategies”. The lecture series concluded with a presentation to 34 staff at Charter House "Pain and Aging: Best Practices for Pain Management”.
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Building Academic Geriatric Nursing Capacity (BAGNC) award - Catherine A Fiala
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Catherine A Fiala graduated from the University of Iowa in 2003 with her BSN and began working at UIHC on 4 RCW, a cardiothoracic-vascular surgery floor. After an injury on the floor, she began to work in home care, focusing on the care of older persons. During this time she decided to go back to school and obtain her masters in nursing. She graduated in 2008 from the U of I with a masters in Nursing, with an Occupational Health focus. While working toward her masters she started working for Dr.'s Keela Herr and Barb Rakel as a research assistant.
The focus each has on pain along with her preparation as an occupational health nurse have helped her develop her research focus of pain in older workers, and pain from work related injuries in older adults.
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 Catherine A. Fiala & Janet K. Specht |
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She also had a personal experience of watching her dad struggle following an auto accident injury. This personal experience sustains her interests in pain.
Catherine is greatly honored to receive the BAGNC award that brings a great networking opportunity to help her build important knowledge from relationships with Hartford scholars and faculty.
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Liz Swanson receives Award from INA
UI College of Nursing associate professor Elizabeth A. Swanson, PhD, RN, was presented the distinguished Teresa E. Christy Award at this year’s Iowa Nurses Association (INA) Convention, October 17, 2011. This award is the highest nursing education accolade given at the state level by INA.
With a theme of "leading nursing to all it can be," the Association’s annual convention was held at the Coralville Marriott Hotel & Conference Center, October 16-18.
 Elizabeth A. Swanson, PhD RN |
Established in 1982, the Teresa E. Christy Award is presented to a registered nurse who has demonstrated professional commitment to the improvement of health care and the interrelationship of nursing education, nursing practice, and nursing research.
Criteria for the award are:
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A current or previous member of the Iowa Nurses Association, and active membership in any state nurses’ association.
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Evidence of professional commitment to the resolving of issues and to increasing knowledge of nursing trends for the improvement of health care.
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Evidence of outstanding contributions to the interrelationship of education, practice, and research.
Nominations must be received in the INA office by June 30 each year.
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Teresa E. Christy, RN, FAAN (1927-1982), was acknowledged as the foremost nursing historian in the United States. A brilliant researcher, lecturer, writer, and educator as well as a member of the American Nurses Association (ANA) Commission of Nursing Research, Dr. Christy was a professor at the College of Nursing, University of Iowa.
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About INA
The Iowa Nurses Association (INA) advances the nursing profession by fostering high standards of nursing practice, projecting a positive and realistic view of nursing, lobbying the Iowa Legislature on health related issues, and promoting the economic and general welfare of nurses in the workplace.
INA promotes professional nursing by providing a unified voice for nursing in Iowa and advocating the health and well-being of all people.
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RWJF Article Features Dr. Herr
Keela Herr,
PhD, RN, FAAN, AGSF
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The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation just released a feature article that profiles Dr. Keela Herr and her research on pain management for older people.
To reduce suffering from pain in older persons, Herr, a RWJF Executive Nurse Fellow Alumnus, is exploring ways to ensure that findings from research she and others conducted are put into practice.
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Partnership with Lisa Skemp and Our Lady of the Lake College
The Iowa Hartford Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence (IHCGNE) is partnering with Dr. Lisa Skemp, former Hartford Post-Doctoral Fellow, HCGNE Director of Global Health Initiatives and faculty member of the University of Iowa College of Nursing. Dr. Skemp is now the Sister Agnes Marie Fitzsimons Endowed Professor of Gerontological Nursing at Our Lady of the Lake (OLOL ) College in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The larger Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System (FMOL-HS) also operate a health care system in Louisiana that includes hospitals, long term care facilities, and community-based health clinics (e.g., PACE). The purposes of the OLOL College-HCGNE partnership are to strengthen gerontological nursing education and service programs, increase the number and diversity of nursing graduates with gerontological nursing training, and participate in OLOL College and the University of Iowa International Programs Global Aging Initiative.
Lisa Skemp, PhD, RN |
The IHCGNE is partnering with OLOL College in initiatives such as the development of gerontological nursing content and education strategies for building geriatric nursing expertise across baccalaureate and graduate nursing programs, and with the recruitment of nurses into gero-focused graduate programs. In addition, the IHCGNE plans to participate collaboratively with OLOL College in the development of a network of gerontological nurses, schools of nursing, interdisciplinary gerontologists and geriatricians, nurses serving older persons in Louisiana, and with nurses, health care providers, and policy makers in other countries to strengthen the use of gerontological nursing best practices locally and globally. More specifically, the IHCGNE will continue to work with Dr. Skemp, WiderNet and international colleagues in the development of gerontological content for on-line and off-line eGranery venues to be used for training in the U.S. and globally. |
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Iowa Hartford Scholars' presentations at 2011 GSA Annual Meeting
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The theme for Gerontological Society of America’s (GSA) 64th Annual Meeting was "Lifestyle --> Lifespan". This topic reached across all of GSA's professional sections and embraced the interdisciplinary nature of its membership. The GSA offers a unique forum for disseminating scholars’ latest and important research to people who share the common goal of improving the lives of older adults. Iowa Hartford Scholars engaged in various presentations during the meeting are as follows:
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Ann Bossen, Mary Ellen Stolder, Kari Lane, Janet Specht, Paula Mobily, Jae-eun Russell, David Reed.
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Perceived Leadership Effectiveness in Nursing Homes (Paper)
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Janet Specht, Ann Bossen, Paula Mobily, Mary Ellen Stolder, Kari Lane, Jae-eun Russell, David Reed
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Urinary Incontinence (UI) in Nursing Homes: Improving Resident Outcomes and Staff Use of EBPs. (Paper)
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Janet Specht, Ann Bossen, Paula Mobily, Mary Ellen Stolder, Kari Lane, Jae-eun Russell, David Reed
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Translation of Research Evidence to Nursing Home Care Practices: Research Findings (Paper)
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Kari Lane, Ann Bossen, Janet Specht, Mary Ellen Stolder, Paula Mobily, David Reed, Jae-eun Russell
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Case Study Examination of Successful Implementation of Evidence Based Practice Guidelines in Long Term Care (paper)
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Mary Ellen Stolder, Kari Lane, Ann Bossen, Janet Specht, Paula Mobily, Jae-eun Russell, David Reed
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Issues of Treatment Fidelity in a Large, Multisite Clinical Trial: The MTRAIN Study (Paper)
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Mary Ellen Stolder, Janet Specht, Paula Mobily, Kari Lane, Ann Bossen, David Reed, Jae-eun Russell
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Barriers to the Adoption of a Prompted Voiding intervention in Long Term Care. (Poster)
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Niloufar Hadidi, Ruth Lindquist, Kathleen Buckwalter
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Recruitment and Retention of Older Stroke Patients: Lessons Learned From a Feasibility Study (Poster)
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Paula Mobily, Ann Bossen, Kari Lane, Mary Ellen Stolder, Janet Specht, Jae-eun Russell, David Reed
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Relation of Turnover and Stay Rates to EBP Adoption: Results from the Multilevel Translation Research Application in Nursing Homes (MTRAIN) Intervention Study (Poster)
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Sandy Burgener, Kathleen Buckwalter, Megan Liu, Rebecca Riley, Carol Einhorn, Suzanne Fitzsimmons
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Consideration in Measuring Perceived Stigma in Persons with Early-Stage Dementia (Symposium)
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Selected Presentations
- Burnette, C., Sanders, S., & Butcher, H. (2011). The lived experiences of research with Indigenous communities: A Phenomenological inquiry. Presented at: Seventh International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign May 17-21, 2011.
- Culp, K & Ramey, S. (March, 2011). Environmental Hazards of Nursing Assistants Caring for Older Adults. American Occupational Health Nurses Symposium, Orlando, FL.
- Herr, K. (May, 2011). Pain and the Aging Adult: Challenges and Barriers. Chronic Pain in the Older Adult: Managing Pain, Preserving Function, Advancing Quality of Life. Phelps County Regional Medical Center Third Annual Gerontology Conference, Rolla, MO. Keynote
- Herr, K. (May, 2011). Pharmacologic Management of Persistent Pain in Older Adults: Best Practice Recommendations. Chronic Pain in the Older Adult: Managing Pain, Preserving Function, Advancing Quality of Life. Phelps County Regional Medical Center Third Annual Gerontology Conference, Rolla, MO. Invited Paper
- Herr K., Manworren, R., & Merkel, S. (September, 2011). Pain Assessment in Persons Unable to Self-Report: Update to the ASPMN Position Statement. American Society for Pain Management Nursing Annual Conference, Tucson, AZ. Oral presentation
- Herr K. (September, 2011). National Nursing Home Pain Collaborative: Update and Outcomes. American Society for Pain Management Nursing Annual Conference, Tucson, AZ. Oral presentation
- Herr K. (September, 2011). Pain in Aging: Quality of Care and Quality of Life. Mary Faucett Visiting Scholar Lecture. Mayo Medical Center, Rochester, MN. Invited paper.
- Herr K. (September, 2011). Management of Persistent Pain in Older Adults. Mayo Medical Center Grand Rounds. Rochester, MN. Invited paper.
- Herr K. (September, 2011). Pain & Aging: Improving Care and Quality of Life. Mary Faucett Visiting Scholar Lecture. Mary Faucett House, Invited paper
- Specht, J. (November, 2011). Translation of Research Evidence to Nursing Home Care Practice. Geronotological Society of America, Boston, MS.
- Specht, J. & Bern,Klug, M. (October,21,2011). Urinary Incontinence 101 for LTC Social Workers at The Social Workers in Long Term Care Annual Educational Conference, Ames, Iowa
- Specht, J & Bossen, A. (October 4,2011) Dementia Update for Adult Day Services. Pathways Adult Day Services Annual Educational Retreat, Iowa City Iowa.
- Specht, J. (July, 2011) Synergy for Improved Care of Elders. Poster presentation at First Annual Pathway to Excellence Conference, Austin, TX
- Specht, J., Mobily, P., Lane, K., Bossen, A., Lane, K., Stolder, M., Reed, D., & Russell, J. (April, 2011). Promoting Continence and Improved Pain Management. Paper presentation. Nursing Research Forum, University of Iowa College of Nursing, Iowa City, IA.
- Scherb, C, Specht, J., Schwichtenberg, T., Scheussler, K. eta al (March, 2011). Decisional involvement within a caring model. Poster presentation at MNRS, Columbus, Ohio
- Wallace, A.S., Carlson, J., Malone, R.M., DeWalt, D.A., (April, 2011). Patient Experiences of Self-Management Support and Diabetes Outcomes, 2011 Annual Meeting of the Midwest Nursing Research Society, Columbus, OH.
Selected Publications
- Black, B., Herr, K., Fine, P., Sanders, S., Tang, X., Bergen-Jackson, K., Titler, M., & Forcucci. (2011). The relationships among pain, on-pain symptoms, and quality of life measures in older adults with cancer receiving hospice care. Pain Medicine, 12, 880-889.
- Bulechek, G. M., & Butcher, H. K., & Dochterman, J. M. (in press). Nursing interventions classification (NIC). (Sixth Edition). St. Louis: Mosby Elsevier.
- Burnette, C., Sanders, S., Butcher, H., & Salois, E. M. (in press). Illuminating the lived experiences of research with Indigenous communities. Journal of Ethnic and Cultural Aspects of Social Work.
- Bursch, H., & Butcher, H.K. (in press). Caregivers’ Deepest Feelings in Living with Alzheimer’s Disease: A Ricoeurian Interpretation of Family Caregiver Journals. Research in Gerontological Nursing.
- Butcher, H.K., & McGonigal-Kenney, M. (in press). Reactive Depression. In M. Maas, J. Specht, P. Mobily, & D. Schoenfelder (Eds.), Nursing care of older adults: Nursing diagnosis, outcomes, and interventions (Graduate Edition). Boston: Delmar.
- Culp, K., Tonelli, S., Ramey, S., Donham, K. & Fuortes, L. (2011). Heat-related illness in Hispanic farmworkers. American Association of Occupational Health Nurses Journal. 59(1)23-32.
- Decrane, S., Culp, K & McDonald, B. (2011). Twelve month mortality among delirium subtypes. Clinical Nursing Research, 20(4), 404-421.
- Gardner, S. E., Hillis, S. L., & Frantz, R. A. (2011). A prospective study of the PUSH tool in diabetic foot ulcers. Journal of Wound, Ostomy, and Continence Nursing, 38(4), 385-393.
- Head, B. J., Scherb, C. A., Maas, M. L., Swanson, E. A., Moorhead, S., Reed, D., Conley, D. M., & Kozel, M. (2011). Nursing clinical documentation data retrieval for hospitalized older adults with heart failure: Part 2. The International Journal of Nursing Terminologies and Classifications, 22(2), 68-76. doi: 10.1111/j.1744-618X.2010.01177.x
- Herr, K. (2011). Pain assessment strategies in older patients. The Journal of Pain, 12(3), S3-13.
- Johnson, M., Moorhead, S., Bulechek, G. M., Butcher, H. K., Dochterman, J. M., Mass, M., Swanson, E. (2012). NIC and NOC linkages to NANDA-I and Clinical Conditions: Supporting Clinical Reasoning and Quality of Care (Third edition). St. Louis: Mosby Elsevier.
- Maas, M., Scherb, C., & Head, B. (2012). Use of NNN in computerized information systems. In M. Johnson, S. Moorhead, G. Bulechek, H. Butcher, M. Maas, & E. Swanson (Eds.), NOC and NIC linkages to NANDA-I and clinical conditions: Supporting critical reasoning and quality care (3rd ed., pp. 24-34). Maryland Heights, MO: Elsevier Mosby.
- Maas, M. & Park, Myonghwa. (In press). Impaired Mobility. In M. Maas, J. Specht, P. Mobily, & D. Schoenfelder (Eds.), Nursing care of older adults: Nursing diagnosis, outcomes, and interventions (Graduate Edition). Boston: Delmar.
- Maas, M. (In press). Bowel Incontinence. In M. Maas, J. Specht, P. Mobily, & D. Schoenfelder (Eds.), Nursing care of older adults: Nursing diagnosis, outcomes, and interventions (Graduate Edition). Boston: Delmar
- Maas, M. & Specht, J. (2011). Leader facilitator in professionally led/self-help groups. Rosalynn Carter Caregiving Panel. Atlanta, GA: Carter Center.
- Moorhead, S., Maas, M., Johnson, M., Swanson, E. (In press). Nursing outcomes classification, 5th edition, Elsevier.
- Reuben, D., Herr, K., Pacala, J., Pollack, B., Potter, J., & Semla, T. (2011). Geriatrics at Your Fingertips: 2011. 13th Edition. New York: American Geriatrics Society.
- Sanders, S., Bern-Klug, M, Specht, J, and Bossen, A. (in press) The role of long term care social workers in assessment and intervention related to urinary incontinence . Journal of Gerontological Social Work.
- Scherb, C. A., Head, B. J., Hertzog, M., Swanson, E., Reed, D., Maas, M. L., Moorhead, S., Conley, D. M., Kozel, M., Clarke, M., & Gillette, S. (2011). Evaluation of outcome change scores for patients with pneumonia or heart failure. Western Journal of Nursing Research. (Online Advanced Release) doi: 10.1177/0193945911401429
- Scherb, C. A., Head, B. J., Maas, M. L., Swanson, E. A., Moorhead, S., Reed, D., Conley, D. M., & Kozel, M. (2011). Most frequent nursing diagnoses, nursing interventions, and nursing-sensitive patient outcomes of hospitalized older adults with heart failure: Part 1. The International Journal of Nursing Terminologies and Classifications, 22(1), 13-22. doi: 10.1111/j.1744-618X.2010.01164.x
- Skemp, L. & Butcher, H.K. (in press). Kathleen Coen Buckwalter: Visionary Leader, Generous Mentor and Beacon for Gerontology. Journal of Gerontological Nursing.
- Specht, J.K.S. (2011). Elder care options. In M.Craft-Rosenberg, (Ed.). Encyclopedia of Family Health. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
- Specht, J.K. P. (2011). Promoting Continence in individuals with dementia. Journal of Gerontological Nursing, 37(2), 1-5.
- Stineman, A. & Mobily, P. (2010). Nurse Educators: Current Challenges and Issues. In P. Cowen & S. Moorhead (Eds.), Current Issues in Nursing (8th ed.) St. Louis: Mosby, Inc.
- Wallace, A.S., Carlson, J.R., Malone, R.M., DeWalt, D.A. (2010). The role of literacy in patient experiences of self-management support. Nursing Research, 59(5) 356-63.
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